Preview Text: Changes to Turkmenistan's parliament, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Taliban's electricity supply, update on RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, and more.
Since Uzbekistan's first president died in 2016, the authorities have been working to change the image of the country as a chronic rights abuser. There have been some signs of progress but starting in late February, things began to fall apart.